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The Woman Who Had Two Navels QUOTES

The Woman Who Had Two Navels QUOTES

1 " If you beget a monster of a child it could prove you were rather monstrous yourself. "

― Nick Joaquín , The Woman Who Had Two Navels

2 " ...and that there were many things grow-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves... "

― Nick Joaquín , The Woman Who Had Two Navels

3 " ...and that there were many things grown-ups did which couldn't properly be judged by young people until the young people were grown-ups themselves... "

― Nick Joaquín , The Woman Who Had Two Navels

4 " If your hands were not clean, your good actions had grimmer and more relentless consequences than your sins. "

― Nick Joaquín , The Woman Who Had Two Navels

5 " When he had gone home, he had been frightened, he had refused to face what he saw. But he had not really wanted to come home to a land, only to a pas; and not finding the past there, he had run away, fearing the reality, preferring the dream. "

― Nick Joaquín , The Woman Who Had Two Navels

6 " - But they were corrupt, Father!
- They were human, my child. And if we were to reject all worldly authority for that reason, we would have to reject everything: marriage and government and society; the family, the state, and the church. We would have to abolish the world. Is that what you propose to do? "

― Nick Joaquín , The Woman Who Had Two Navels